The Monitor., 1887-11-18
ms. ELIZA J. sIcHolsoS.


Ths Only woman Id1loF and tI4e Pre-.
priefer Of a Big &ffs Daily.
Mrs.. Elizz J. Niese.40n - she Neg OT-
lsana T'ssaghn< Is tls only woman 10 tie
eouBtry. tie only woman liglag. who il =
once the controlling proprietor and sile ed
tor-in-ellief Of bIg city daily, assd si'e not
Only inds her gsfiee clair Doue toy large 10
fiji and none too tAyrBy 70 81 upon. bat
darIng her administrator Oftlls DapeE' az
fairs has seen debt of 80. 90 lifted and
is prosperity every year increased.
Mrs. Nicbols0a Il gery 'nodsst aad IN
assuming when questioned s.th regard .
her neusp4per success. The paper las
certainly tbriyen under my eo1trol, she
Eaya. ''but feel sure tl@t II w0uId not
Lare done - had not been loyalty sup
ported By rny staff. Instead 81 fretting or
chzfng IN any way AZ coming under I,e;ti-
coat gorerDment, everybody concerned,
from the Office boy To tie managing editor
has been devoted 70 Tny interests md more
than willing 70 carry gut my wishes. .
Mrz. Nicholson WAS tie first woman -
enter newspaper work IN the sonta, and
did - By force of native talent and liking
for tie work ia spite Of somewhat 4dverse
Circumstance. Size Is graceful poet and
the first lines u les ever published
brought her eleck for sio from t1s bziti-
more JaafnaI. % winch they were sent.
That Nzs tie happ.est moment 81 ny
life. = she says: III w4s the first money
lad ever canned. Other poems found
their way 70 tie New lori. HaDas Jaaraals
% weekly paper, the New Orleans Isn.e,.
and later % tie Paeaglns. Fatber and
mother objected 70 her writing for money.
II wzs not IN accord witA the social code
that lady should work, bat she had found
cut for herself how r1ueb pleasauter Il j
70 earn for ones self than 70 4cceps from
others. and gradually came 10 do more aud
more for the P.>agaas. That PAPER sent
her one year 70 the simmer resorts and
size sent back bright lefgels from Niagara
and Saratoga.
On her retnrH size becane literary edi-
tor. Judging poems and copy Of al sorts
for the Sunday edition AID taking charge
Of the make up Of that sheet. After her
marriage 70 the proprietor Of the P'eayans,
Colonel Holbrook. the work continued,
sbe taking no desk iu the Office. bat COM
ing III once Or twiee week . look over
her proof. Colonel Holbr9ok's dsath.
three years afterward, left her 3 Young
widow with tie paper On her hands. bur
dened with = heavy debt. There was al
almost unanimous chorus of advice from
lawyers, relatives aud friends, "GiYe il
up. it is too heavy burden for a woman:
take what the law will ALLOW you and be
free from newspaper cares. Just one dis
sen4jng voice made itself heard. Mr.
Nicholson, the business manager. urged
her 70 keep tie paper, promising TO stand
by her If Sic would stand by tie sheet.
She vas brave enought 70 faee the sitaa-
ton and fight tie ba.tle ont.
She became actually as well as Homi-
nally editor-ln-chief. being faithful to her
Office hours from until every day, Weld
ing busy pen and deciding the attitude
Of the paper on all important questions,
political ard otherwise. With excellent
management upstairs and down, in tie
business department as well as in the edi-
torial rooms, the burden Of debt was lifted,
new Offices were built, and when the paper
celebrated its fifteen anniversary last
January Mrs NichoIson-such she become
two years after taking charge 0f the paper
was able 70 realize that She Was at the
head Of a supsrb establishment Her huE-
band continues to direct the finances Of the
paper, while she is supreme IN the editor
ial-room, descending somewhat less to
details, perhaps, now that she is mother as
well as editor, but still with y.gilaut eye
10 the policy to be pursued, and quick 10
note every chance for an advantage 70 be
gained.